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Issue Details:
First known date:
1921...
no.
273
July
1921
of
The School Paper : Grades V and VI
est. 1912
School Paper : Grades V and VI
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Notes
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Only literary material by Australian authors individually indexed.
Other material in this issue includes:
- First Page Picture: 'The Crown of the Victorian Highlands', [81].
- Poetry: 'The Approach of Winter', by Bernard Barton (1784-1849), [81]-82; 'Fire', by Mary Howitt (1799-1888), 86; 'The Plowman', by Richard Hengist Horne, 92; 'Friends', by James Montgomery (1771-1854), 95; 'Fear of Death' from Shakespeare's 'Julius Caesar', 96.
- Prose: 'Crocodiles in Australia', illustrated, (unattributed), 86-87; 'Red and Black', illustrated, by 'A Lady of England', 87-88; 'The Man-Carrying Pig', illustrated, (unattributed), 91-92.
- Fiction: 'Katie's Adventure', illustrated, (unattributed), 89-91; 'Enough!', illustrated, from 'The School Newspaper', 93.
- Moral Tale: 'The Old Grandfather', Author not known, 94.
- Song: ''Tis Winter', 95-96.
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Preceding or following each piece is a short glossary of the longer words contained therein, as well as notes about people and places mentioned, and comments on the metre of poetry. There are also often 'General Notes' which ask the reader questions about the work.
Contents
* Contents derived from the 1921 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
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Young Heroes of the Flood,
single work
children's fiction
children's
Jack must care for his younger sister and brother while clearing the land near their settlers slab house. The ominous still weather develops into a storm and the short lived pleasure at the broken drought turns to terror as the water rises through the house eventually sweeping it away.Note: Illustrated
- The Dream Shipi"Our ship shall be of sandal built", single work poetry (p. 85)
- The Captive Birdi"I had a little captive bird", single work poetry (p. 88-89)
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